S.I. No. 15/2014 - European Union (Microbiological Criteria for Foodstuffs) (Amendment) Regulations 2014.

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the European Union (Microbiological Criteria for Foodstuffs) (Amendment) Regulations 2014.

(2) The Principal Regulations, the Regulations of 2013 and these Regulations may be cited together as the European Union (Microbiological Criteria for Foodstuffs) Regulations 2012 to 2014.

2. In these Regulations—

“Principal Regulations” means the European Union (Microbiological Criteria for Foodstuffs) Regulations 2012 (

S.I. No. 474 of 2012

);

“Regulations of 2013” means the European Union (Microbiological Criteria for Foodstuffs) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 (

S.I. No. 301 of 2013

).

3. Regulation 2(1) (as amended by Regulation 2 of the Regulations of 2013) of the Principal Regulations is amended by substituting for the definition of “EU Regulation” the following

“‘EU Regulation’ means Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2073/2005 of 15 November 2005

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, as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1441/2007 of 5 December 2007

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, Commission Regulation (EU) No. 365/2010 of 28 April 2010

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, Commission Regulation (EU) No. 1086/2011 of 27 October 2011

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, Commission Regulation (EU) No. 209/2013 of 11 March 2013

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and Commission Regulation (EU) No. 1019/2013 of 23 October 20131;”.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

23 January 2014.

JAMES REILLY,

Minister for Health.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation).

These Regulations give effect to Commission Regulation (EU) No. 1019/2013 of 23 October 2013 amending Annex I to Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2073/2005 on microbiological criteria for foodstuffs as regards histamine in fishery products.

These Regulations amend the European Union (Microbiological Criteria for Foodstuffs) Regulations 2012 (

S.I. No. 474 of 2012

) in the manner specified.

These Regulations may be cited as the European Union (Microbiological Criteria for Foodstuffs) (Amendment) Regulations 2014.

1 OJ No. L 282, 24.10.2013, p. 46.

2 OJ No. L 338, 22.12.2005, p. 1.

3 OJ No. L 322, 7.12.2007, p. 12.

4 OJ No. L 107, 29.4.2010, p. 9.

5 OJ No. L 281, 28.10.2011, p. 7.

6 OJ No. L 68, 12.3.2013, p. 19.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

31

st January

, 2014.

I, JAMES REILLY, Minister for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

section 3

of the

European Communities Act 1972

(No. 27 of 1972) and for the purpose of giving effect to Commission Regulation (EU) No. 1019/2013 of 23 October 2013

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, hereby make the following regulations